Last Night's Mets Game Was an Emotional Rollercoaster

Wilmer Flores really likes playing for the Mets. The 23-year-old Venezuelan shortstop has worn the blue and orange for all three of his major league seasons. He's no all-star, but this season has been the best of his young career, and with the Mets in playoff contention for the first time in a long time, he's relished the chance to contribute to a winning squad.

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But last night news broke that the Mets would soon be sending Flores and pitcher Zach Wheeler to the lowly Milwaukee Brewers for all-star outfielder Carlos Gomez. Normally, if a player is traded, they're immediately pulled from the game, but for some reason the Mets kept Flores out there. He got a little emotional. He's been in the organization since he was 16 years old.

Surreal scene. Mets trade Wilmer Flores but leave him in game. Flores then cries on field while playing. pic.twitter.com/0CDpjGpwpS

It turns out, however, that the Mets had a good reason to keep Flores in the game: the trade hadn't been finalized. Despite reports circulating around the Internet, nothing was official, and in the end, Mets general manager Sandy Alderson called off the deal over concerns about Gomez's health.

Alderson just told #Mets’ writers “there is no trade” for Gomez and that a deal “will not transpire.”

Apparently social media got ahead of itself on this one, but then again, it's unusual for a team to back out of a deal at this last minute like this. It's understandable why the trade was reported if the teams involved agreed on which players would be swapped. Either way, Wilmer Flores woke up smiling this morning. He's still a Met.